Other Blogs I Heart!

First of all I'm sorry that I did not have a blog post up earlier this morning. Usually I preset my blogs to upload at midnight, but somehow, with all the hustle and bustle of the weekend, it slipped my mind. But, I still wanted to keep my promise of uploading a blog post a day, so here goes.

One of the main reason I started a blog was because I saw other people's blogs. So I wanted to share with you 4 of my favorite blogs that I follow and some of my favorite things about them. Happy reading!

Blog #1

theblondeprep.blogspot.com

Definitely check out this blog! This is my old friend from Elementary School's blog and it is so adorable. She writes amazing posts and I always love the time of the day when I read her oh so fun blog posts.

Blog #2

nauticalbynatureblog.com

I found this blog just by stumbling upon it while looking at random blogs on the internet. This blog is so fun and nautical and all of her posts are worth reading. They are so great and well written too.

Blog #3

classygirlswearpearls.com

To me this blog is a no brainer because Sarah posts amazingly cute outfits all the time. I love following this blog because her outfits always give me such inspiration. She has amazing style and her posts are always a bunch of pictures of her and her friends sporting classy and timeless looks. Gotta love it!

Blog #4

prepinyourstep.blogspot.com

I don't even remember how I found this blog, but I'm glad I did! I love all of the posts because she tells you to definitely look cute and be preppy, but to also strive and excel at everything you do. She encourages me to do well in school and to sport my preppy style. 

XOXO, Kate

Sunday Pinning

Some of my favorite pins from Pinterest this week. Check out my new pinterest account http://pinterest.com/preppydaily/boards/. Happy Mother's Day to you all! I will be spending this Sunday cooking breakfast for my mother and then spending the day with all of my family! What are you doing? Happy reading!

XOXO, Kate

Summer's Coming!

With today being a rather chill Saturday, I decided to post about school ending, summer approaching. I have been waiting for summer since really the end of last summer. To me, summer is a time to relax, when there is not much on the schedule. Some people enjoy to busy themselves over the summer with dense schedules, but I on the other end, enjoy hanging poolside with friends or going out and doing fun things with buds. To update you on what I'm doing this summer I thought I'd lay it out to you. Here is a list and descriptions of some of the things I'm looking forward to doing this summer! Happy reading!

1. Badminton Camp

I'm so excited to be heading to badminton camp at a college that my parents went to. I just started to play badminton this year and am in love with the sport. I will be rooming with my friend Paige at this camp. She and I are both so pumped to be worked very hard, but also have a ton of fun and hopefully develop a lot of new skills. 

2. Dance Camp

I'm going to camp twice this summer, once for each of the sports that I do at school. I'm on my school's drill team, which is really the poms squad. Many of the girls from my team are also attending this camp and I think it will be really exciting. I'm looking forward to furthering my dance technique and better getting to know my teammates. 

3. Cedar Point

Paige's dad has been telling us he will take us to Cedar Point for 2 years now, so this year we are finally going to go. It's not official, but the ground work is already laid out so most likely we will be going. I'm nervous for this, but I'm super excited! I can't wait to check out all of the awesome rides with my bestie!

4. Lakehouses!

One of my best friends Jane has an adorable cottage out in Michigan and I'm hoping she'll invite me out sometime during the summer (hint, hint!). Also, I went to my friend Riley's lakehouse last summer and it was the highlight of my summer! It was so much fun and I doubt that we will go again this summer, but I'm staying hopeful!

5. Downtown Chicago

One of my favorite things about the summer is that there is no schedule so I can usually just relax and do what I want. That means that I can jump on the train with a few of my friends and head for a fun day downtown. Our favorite things to do are to go shopping on Michigan Avenue and Watertower, eat at FoodLife #yum, and go to Navy Pier and the beach. 

I hope you enjoyed reading about a look into my uber chill summer. I really never plan that much in the summer because I like to just play it by year. But some structure is necessary otherwise I guarantee I'd spend my whole summer doing nothing. 

XOXO, Kate

Flirty Friday

Today's Flirty Friday is all about shoes that I have been loving/really want for the spring season. My top 3 would have to be 1. Seersucker and Pink Sperry's, 2. Bright Blue Sperry's 3. Aqua Flats. Funny, my top 3 are all from J. Crew. Well that is one of my favorite places to shop! Happy reading! Have a great Friday!

XOXO, Kate

LA Living

What a lot of you may not know about me is that I'm destined for Los Angeles. Los Angeles is literally where I have wanted to live my entire life and in March I was fortunate enough to have a chance to go! It was probably one of my favorite vacations of all time! My dad had meetings there for work, and my parents knew that they could not go without me tagging along. We left my siblings behind and I got to be the spoiled child and head off to LA! I had such an amazing time and I wanted to show you a few pics from my travels. I know it was a while ago, but I just started this blog and if I had started it earlier I definitely would've posted about it. Comment below if you want to see pictures from my spring break trip to Mexico that happened 4 days after I got home from LA! I was traveling the world that week! Happy reading! 

First arriving in LA. This was our hotel. It is very foggy there, but it didn't dampen my mood!

The lovely view from our room. It's too foggy to see but that view looked out onto downtown LA and if you looked the other way it had a gorgeous view of the pool and then houses the distance.

This is me and my dad outside of Mr. Chow. Mr. Chow is a famous Chinese restaurant in Beverly Hills. It was absolutely delicious and a great way to start off a great trip!

This is me and my mom. We rented a convertible and drove down Pacific Coast Highway. It was a blast.We actually had the top down, but the windows up and the heat on. It was so much fun to drive right alongside the ocean. Such a difference from Chicago.

This is me at the gorgeous Pepperdine University. This is where they filmed one of my all time favorite TV shows, Zoey 101, and I knew that I just had to visit it. It was very pretty, but actually pretty small. I was just very glad to visit it because it was definitely on my bucket list.

Yes, this is the Friends set! My dad's cousin works for Warner Bros. so we took a tour of all of the studios and such. It was really cool to see everything as they pointed out where certain movies were filmed, etc. Plus, they filmed some of the episodes of Gossip Girl there! That like just made my life! They were also shooting Pretty Little Liars when we were touring and we got to see some of the sets. It was really cool!

This is me, my mom, my dad and my dad's cousin's family. The furthest on the left is my dad's cousin, Robert Lorenz. He most recently has directed the movie Trouble With The Curve starring Clint Eastwood. Rob has worked very closely with Clint over the years. I was so excited to meet Rob and it was so much fun at their gorgeous house. It was a great dinner!

So that basically sums up my trip to LA. Obviously there was a lot of shopping in between it all because in LA there is literally shopping EVERYWHERE. There was a mall across the street from us, and the best part was that there was a TORY BURCH STORE! I definitely went in there more than once! I hope you enjoyed reading about my fabulous trip and leave comments of what you want me to post about, I'm running out of ideas! 

XOXO, Kate

Stella and Dot

So my sister and I went to visit the University of Alabama because she was looking to go to school there. While we were there we visited some of the sorority houses and the Pi Phi girls had these adorable arrow necklaces as a symbol that they belong to their sorority. My sister thought these were so cute and was out on the hunt for one. Anyways, as she was on the hunt she discovered Stella and Dot, a really cute jewelry shop! Little did she know that I already had a piece from  Stella and Dot! I really wanted to feature S+D on my blog because they have such adorable jewelry pieces. Here are a few of my favorite things on their website. Be sure to check them out on their website stelladot.com. Happy reading!

This is the necklace that my sister found that she so badly wanted. I really want one too! I think that Kristen (my sis) and I should get matching ones before she leaves for college (hint hint Graduation gift!)

This piece was just too gorgeous not to include it. The blues and the greens mixed in with the gold are so beautiful and this necklace is an amazing statement necklace.

I just really like this ring because it is so basic and simple, yet so beautiful. The stone adds color, but in a simple and less flashy way. 

My friend Grace gave me this bracelet for my birthday this year and I absolutely love it! The picture does not do it justice! It is so gorgeous and is the perfect Tiffany blue color. It goes with everything I own (everything I own is basically Tiffany blue) and is so perfect. I absolutely love it and she knows me so well. She definitely knows what I like!

XOXO, Kate

Nautical Nate

One of my all time fav characters on Gossip Girl is Nate Archibald. Honestly, I love every character on Gossip Girl in their own unique way. I'm so sad that the show is over. The creators are pure geniuses that know how to intertwine stories in a brilliant and drama filled way. Every character has such depth that is so intriguing.

Nate has such a nautical vibe to him and in the books he has a whole obsession with yachting. This makes me love him more because I love nautical things! On iTunes a while back there were some free Gossip Girl extras that I downloaded. One of them was called "Gossip Girl Couture" and it was so great! If you find it on iTunes definitely download it because it was very interesting to see all of the behind the scenes. Also, it drew attention to each central character and describes their fashion and how they come up with each look. They say that Nate is nautical and they play off of his beachy vibe. They use basically a blue color palette with different shades of blue. It really draws attention to his gorgeous eyes and I think it makes everyone swoon!

And let me just say Nate has such great character on the show that makes me love him even more. He actually is one of the kindest characters on the show I feel like. I think that he is much more above all of the scheming and lies. But, obviously he has had his moments. Anyways, here are a couple of my favorite Nate looks from Gossip Girl. Happy reading!

This photo was just too great not to include it. He looks so preppy, like he goes to Yale or a high end prep school (which he does!). I just love it.

Even when he's heading/coming back from the gym Nate still looks flawless. He has that slouchy kind of sloppy vibe that I absolutely love. He always is so perfectly put together, yet you feel a sense that he doesn't care what he's wearing.

 I don't think I've seen anyone rock a school uniform as well as Nate does. He's so gorg.

How could one not be attracted to this guy?

One of my favorite episodes when they are in East Hampton. Btw, I love Serena's dress too!

XOXO, Kate